Acquisition of 79 prints by Claude Weisbuch.
Acquisition of 79 rare prints by the Stanislas Library. The City of Nancy, as part of the "Contemporary Lorraine Engravers" project, wishes to acquire a set of 79 prints by Claude Weisbuch, a major artist in the history of French engraving, of Lorraine origin. This set of very rare prints dates from his Nancy period, and before 1961, the year of his critical consecration. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8aoS590H1g This acquisition is part of a global project concerning contemporary Lorraine engravers, led by the Libraries of Nancy over the years 2017 to 2019. It is a question of collecting, documenting and promoting the works of artists representative of artistic activity in Nancy in the second half of the 20th century and the 21st century. In 2017, the three engravers Claude Weisbuch, Jacques Hallez and…